Debian Salt Packages

These packages are built using git-buildpackage from the released .tar.gz files and include a number of distro and release specific patches. The git repo that contains the source packages is at http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-salt/salt.git. Each dsitro/release is on a separate branch.

For squeeze, you will need to enable the debian backports
repository as well as the debian.saltstack.com repository. To do so,
add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list or a file in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d:

Release Streams

To provide certainty and stability, I am keeping each release
stream separate in the archive.
This means that if you wish to only receive bug fix releases and
no new feature releases, put "-016", "-017" or "-2014-01" after the
wheezy-saltstack or squeeze-saltstack in the "deb" line in
sources.conf. As an example, the following will receive packages
for wheezy for only the 0.16.x stream:

deb http://debian.saltstack.com/debian wheezy-saltstack-016 main

Similarly, the following line will receive packages for the 0.17.x
stream for squeeze (please note you will also need backports to be
added):

deb http://debian.saltstack.com/debian squeeze-saltstack-017 main

If you do not add any release suffix, then you will always receive
the most recent release.

Previous Releases

salt 0.16.4

Salt 0.16.4 is still available in the archive for squeeze and
wheezy. To access it, add "-016" onto the end of the distribution
field in the "deb" line. As an example:

deb http://debian.saltstack.com/debian wheezy-saltstack-016 main

or:

deb http://debian.saltstack.com/debian squeeze-saltstack-016 main

Notes:

These packages will be backported from the packages in debian
unstable. This means that the packages will be uploaded to unstable
first and then backported over the next day or so.

These packages will be tracking the released versions of salt
rather than maintaining a stable fixed feature set. If a fixed version
is what you desire, then either pinning or manual installation may be
more appropriate for you.

The version numbering and backporting process should provide clean
upgrade paths between debian versions.

If you have any questions regarding these, please email the mailing
list or look for me on irc as joehh.